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Theatre Auditions | Eden by Steve Carter (Staged Reading) [Closed]

Producer: E. Wayne McDonald

Seeking: M/F Actors

For: Student/School Production (Staged Reading)

Institution: The University of the West Indies, St Augustine

Course: CLTR 8001 | Cultural Studies

Title: Eden by Steve Carter 

Synopsis: This production is part of an investigation of the work of Caribbean-American playwrights and how their work interrogates notions of identity, place and race.

Eden explores intra-racial conflicts between recent immigrants from the Caribbean and the African American population. Set in the San Juan Hill section of Harlem, New York City in the late 1920s, Eden tells a story of a young Caribbean woman who falls in love with a black man from the rural American South, and the tensions brought about by the clash of cultures, generations, and identities

Character Breakdown

Eustace Baylor: Male, Late teens – twenties. Dark skinned, African American recently arrived from the rural South

Annetta Barton: Female, Late teens – early twenties. Light skinned, Caribbean immigrant who has spent mostly lived in the US

Agnes Barton: Female, Early twenties. Caribbean immigrant. Conservative.

Aunt Lizzie: Female, Middle aged. Urban African American from the rural South

Florie Barton: Female, Middle aged. Light skinned, Caribbean immigrant. Retiring family matriarch.

Joseph Barton: Male, Middle aged. Dark skinned, rural, Caribbean immigrant. Authoritative family patriarch.

Nimrod Barton: Male, Early – Mid Teenager. Urban African American. Feisty.

Solomon Barton: Male, Early – Mid Teenager. Urban African American. Reserved.

Application Format: Online Submission

Deadline: Tuesday 3rd March 2020 | 11:59 PM

Preparation: Interested persons are asked to submit ONE (1) CLOSE UP and ONE (1) FULL-LENGTH photo of themselves (No hats or sunglasses. You face must be clearly visible),  along with the following:

  • Name
  • Contact number
  • Email address you check often
  • Talent Resume

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Production Credits: 

Director: E. Wayne McDonald

Performance begins: 31 March 2020

Performance Venue: TBD

This casting notice was submitted by: E. Wayne McDonald

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